Uiwar (German) – Neuburg an der Bega (German) – Újvár (Hungarian) – Uivar, Romania (Official)
Timis County – Western Romania
Uivar is composed of four villages: Pustiniş, Răuţi (Aurelheim), Sânmartinu Maghiar and Uivar. Two other villages, Otelec and Iohanisfeld, which had been part of Uivar commune since 1968, were detached in 2008 to form Otelec commune.
NW of Ciacova
The first documentation of Uivar was in 1767, when settled by German and Hungarian families. In the commune were discovered remains of Neolithic settlements, and Daco-Roman and medieval.
Catholic Church Name: H l. Wendelin, Branch of Pardan
Genealogical Records – Church records available at LDS – FHC; Microfilm Nr. :
Kühn, Josef / Arbeitskreis Donauschwäbischer Familienforscher (AKdFF), Sindelfingen, 2003: Familienbuch der katholischen Pfarrgemeinde Neuburg an der Bega (=Ujvar, Uiwar) im Banat 1812 – 1898 und die deutschen Familien in Aurelheim (=Aurelhaza, Rauti) 1847 – 1898.
Neuburg (Uivar) was among 190 villages affected by the deportation to the Bărăgan in 1951
The last of the German village Neuburg an der Bega / Uiwar by Anton Zollner
Uiwar-Aurelheim H.O.G. Web Site:
https://www.banater-schwaben.org/vereinsleben/heimatortsgemeinschaften/uiwar?type=98 Passenger Records – David Dreyer’s Banat Ship List
Last updated: 07/14/2025